March 30, 2020, 9:50am Northwest
President Donald Trump lashed out at Gov. Jay Inslee on Sunday, calling him “a nasty person” and “a failed presidential candidate” and said he won’t call him — but has not halted his top aides from aiding Washington state. Read story
March 30, 2020, 9:38am Business
Spokane —With manufacturing and tourism jobs in peril on the Olympic peninsula, longtime cannabis company owner Bethany Rondeaux recently increased hours for three of her part-time employees. Read story
March 30, 2020, 9:35am Northwest
YAKIMA — Last week’s mass breakout from the Yakima County jail began with an inmate refusing to go back to his bed, leading to a riot. Read story
March 30, 2020, 9:34am Northwest
Everett police say they arrested a tenant whom they believe killed the landowner, then tried to move his body offsite Saturday. Read story
March 30, 2020, 6:05am Latest News
SEATTLE — Last Tuesday, a scientist working in a secure upper-floor laboratory in the University of Washington Medical Center’s South Lake Union campus cracked open a vial containing one of the first samples of live SARS-CoV-2 virus, with a goal of better understanding how and why it kills. Read story
March 29, 2020, 2:45pm Latest News
SEATTLE — When a resident of the Tulalip Tribe here in western Washington tested positive for coronavirus, Chairwoman Teri Gobin quickly let her people know the tribe’s priority in limiting the spread. Read story
March 29, 2020, 1:58pm Latest News
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — President Donald Trump has approved a major disaster declaration for Oregon due to the coronavirus outbreak, the White House announced Sunday. Read story
March 29, 2020, 11:14am Latest News
SEATTLE (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee said Sunday that Washington state still has a shortage of coronavirus testing kits and again suggested the shutdown of most businesses and extreme social distancing would likely have to be extended to fight the disease. Read story
March 28, 2020, 6:41pm Northwest
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The sweeping bill that President Donald Trump signed will help better equip health care systems that serve Native Americans, improve the emergency response time on tribal lands, provide economic relief for tribal members, and help with food deliveries to low-income families and the elderly. Read story
March 28, 2020, 6:37pm Northwest
SPOKANE — Some environmental groups are complaining about the teleconference format for gathering public comments on a federal government proposal to save salmon runs on the Columbia River system. Read story